Into the Sea

VERSE ONE
 Lifeless, my love
 Your blonde hair in tangles
 Father's in the hall
 Mouth open wide
 Why did she go?
 I don't know!
 Did she leave you alone?
 She left a note...
 At least she was at peace
 When her hand penned the last line
 Bloodless pink
 Feather-light
 Why did she go?
 I don't know!
 Did she leave you alone?
 I suppose...
 So I go... into the sea
 Don't wait for me, no
 I will not be returning
 VERSE TWO
 As soon as I can move
 I'll go to meet her in the next life
 Paper's on the stoop
 The ink is barely dry
 Why did she go?
 I don't know!
 Can you still feel her soul?
 I feel her ghost...
 There beside the bed
 I held her head to my chest
 Tight?
 As tight as any man
 Could bear to make his hands
 Why did she go?
 I don't know!
 Will you fare on your own?
 I fear I won't...
 VERSE THREE
 The longest goodbye
 Just a face on the A-train
 From old St. Mark's
 Out to the Rockaways
 Why did she go?
 I don't know!
 The stars too, implode
 I suppose...
 OUTRO
 In the fiercest fire of the soul
 The golden lotus still grows
 Underneath the leaning sky
 Can't you see the leaning sky?
 Lifeless, my love
 Your blonde hair in tangles
 Father's in the hall
 Mouth open wide